On 5 Jan 2001, 16:18, Debbie Adams wrote:
> I have a friend who is looking for information on
> 8-hydroxy-quinoline sulfate. It is also called 8-HQS...and it is
> the active ingredient in Bag Balm . She'd like to know what it
> does, if it has a common name and anything more about it.
Here is a site that sells it as a powder fungicide in the form of a powder
(not the balm):
http://shop.piwine.com/shopsite/prwc/product226.html
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Here is a patent suit that was filled that makes mention of Bag Balm:
http://www.law.emory.edu/fedcircuit/jan99/98-1258.wp.html
Bag Balm is a product produced to soften cow udders.
I get the idea from this suit and other suits, there have been attempts to
sell Bag Balm and/or the 8-hydroxy-quinoline sulfate as a cure for baldness.
~~
Here is a patent applied for on this page that makes mention of that
chemical as a treatment of baldness:
Cite:
http://www.sciweb.com/features/patents/patents_514_4_15_00.cfm
.S. Class 424/236.1
Patent Number 6033676 Issue Date 2000 03 07 Assignee Taphorn,
Joseph B. Inventor(s) Cortright, Joyce A.
Title Treatment of scalp baldness with 8-hydroxyquinoline
sulfate
Abstract A process and product restoring hair to bald-headed men
involves massaging the scalp with a commercially available ointmenmt
known as BAG BALM.
Exmp. Claim 1 Ex Claim text The method of treating scalp baldness
with an antimicrobial to restore hair growth, which comprises rubbing
into the scalp the ointment wherein the active ingredient 8-
hydroxy.quinoline sulfate 0.3% is carried in a petrolatum and lanolin
base.
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On the following page it is noted that bag balm was once used for "patients
with decubitus ulcers" and she went on to say that it "makes for a
wonderful hand cream."
http://www.ualberta.ca/~jrnorris/nursenet/dino/dino27.htm
~~~
So then from my little bit of research here, I get the idea that the
product is best for a cure for Bovine Udder ulcers, but like snake oil,
could be applied to other purposes with mixed results. For example, using
it as a hand lotion is fine, but consider this...the petroleum and lanolin
base that the chemical is put into, is probably the ingredient that is
doing the work of a hand lotion. You can use plain petroleum jelly for
that job. The same with fever blisters and surface ulcers.
I think most of us would cast doubts of it's ability to cure baldness. And
I would not put it on toast, either. <g>
Alan
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